Canister Filter?

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I have a 30 gallon tank. Right now I have a Eclipes bio-filter and a crappy internal filter and the water looks good. The ...

I have a 30 gallon tank. Right now I have a Eclipes bio-filter and a crappy internal filter and the water looks good. The more I learn, the more I think I would rather get rid of both and have a canister filter. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons? Also how bout' a good one that's not $100!

Ehaim makes a great canister and it won't hurt to switch to one. The only reason I use HOB filters is because I can ge them for 1/4 the price of a canister. Fluval makes a good one also. Check out Big Al's, It think they might have a price you like.

i just bought a rena canister filter and i love it. the water is incredibly clean and it's so much quieter than the h.o.b.'s i have on my other tanks. you could probably get away with a model xp1 for around $60-$70.

I'm liking the Fluval one. It's $100 but I'm thinking it's worth it in the long run. I really like the idea of differant media together. Right now I have the Fluval rings in my filter along with the carbon but everything doesn't exactly fit well. I'm hoping to do a planted tank in the future. I'm not doing too good with the plants I have in there now so I may not.

I am also running a 30 gallon setup and I have the Eheim 2213 I picked it up for $60 at www.drsfostersmith.com, I think if you do a google search you can get a $10 off coupon also (look, I'm in college, I'm cheap).

The Eheim does a great job, its so simple that you really could put any kind of filter media in it that you like. I have an old Penguin HOB filter that I also run some times just to keep it working in case the canister fails (don't want any ammonia spikes do we).

eheim all the way- its the best you can get- you dont have to get the pro one, the cannister classic range rocks!- my eheim has been running for 5 years not a problem, any fluval owners out there that can say that???